Handel, George Frideric

Rank (U1 / U2): 28 / 29
Work perf.: 829
Complete perf.: 548
Excerpt share: 34%
First season – last season: 1853–54 to 2025–26
Seasons played: 139
Peak season: 1880–81 (7.3%)
Born – died: 1685–1759

Work perf.Complete perf. (same denominator)

Completed seasons. Both lines use the season's total work performances as denominator: the upper line is this composer's work performances, the lower line the part of them that are complete (no movement named). The gap is this composer's excerpts as a share of the whole season.

Rank by decade

Decade	Rank	Share
1860s	12	1.5%
1870s	16	1.8%
1880s	14	2.5%
1890s	11	2.6%
1930s	20	1.4%
2010s	20	1.1%
2020s	20	1.1%

Most performed works

Work	Work perf.	Complete perf.	First season	Last season	Rank (all)
MESSIAH	180	126	1853-54	2025-26	84
WATER MUSIC (ORCH) (ARR. Harty)	42	37	1934-35	1968-69	402
WATER MUSIC: SUITE NO. 2 IN D MAJOR	33	8	1970-71	2006-07	488
WATER MUSIC: SUITE NO. 1 IN F MAJOR (HWV 348)	24	16	1970-71	2018-19	640
CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6, NO. 12, B MINOR	21	20	1929-30	1970-71	720
ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC, HWV 351	19	16	1973-74	2012-13	778
CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6, NO. 6, G MINOR	16	16	1889-90	1956-57	884
CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6, NO. 5, D MAJOR (ARR. Kogel)	14	10	1911-12	1933-34	1004
CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6, NO. 10, D MINOR	14	14	1932-33	1967-68	1005
ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC: LA REJOUISSANCE (BRASS) (ARR. Seipp)	14	14	2007-08	2024-25	1015
RINALDO	13	0	1868-69	2019-20	1044
CONCERTO GROSSO, OP.6, NO. 7, B FLAT MAJOR	13	11	1937-38	1984-85	1060
SERSE	13	0	1878-79	2009-10	1072
XERXES: LARGO (ORCH) (ARR. Unspecified)	13	13	1896-97	1949-50	1081
ODE FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY	12	12	1919-20	2002-03	1149

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